{"id":4564,"date":"2011-02-06T10:21:47","date_gmt":"2011-02-06T10:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?p=4564"},"modified":"2011-02-06T11:31:25","modified_gmt":"2011-02-06T11:31:25","slug":"no-sex-please-were-stupid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?p=4564","title":{"rendered":"No sex please, we’re stupid"},"content":{"rendered":"

The High Court in London had before it a peculiar case, last week.<\/p>\n

Mr Justice Mostyn, on hearing the petition brought by a local authority, granted that Alan [surname withheld], 41, should be prevented from having sex because ‘Alan did not have the capacity to consent to sex’.<\/p>\n

In other words, under the Mental Capacity Act 2005, it was decided that Alan was too stupid to have sex.<\/p>\n

The important point to make here is that it has been judged that Alan is too stupid to have sex<\/em>.<\/p>\n

It has not<\/em> been judged that Alan is too stupid to reproduce, because Alan is in a same-sex relationship.<\/p>\n

Hmm…<\/p>\n

Here’s just a few facts to add more detail to the story:<\/p>\n

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  1. Alan is in a consensual<\/em> same-sex relationship<\/li>\n
  2. Alan has said he wants to continue the relationship with his boyfriend<\/li>\n
  3. Alan has an IQ of 40<\/li>\n
  4. And yet the law of the land has decided it knows better, and has prevented Alan from continuing this relationship<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I don’t have any detailed thoughts on Alan’s case, other than it seems wrong for the law to enter the bedroom of two adult men, to lay down what they can and can’t do.<\/p>\n

    However, I would ask you to look around any city centre, at the burgeoning chav population, and tell me whether the 15- and 16-year old, tattooed, pierced, gum-chewing, effing and blinding, scantily-dressed girls pushing buggies and prams have sufficient intelligence to breed.<\/p>\n

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    Stupids that breed?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    At least Alan isn’t going to inflict any further human beings on our social support system.<\/p>\n

    The big question that Alan’s case raises is, if we accept that society has the legal right to restrict adults from having sex, where do we draw the line?<\/p>\n

    An IQ of 40? 50? 70? 85?<\/p>\n

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    Not the sharpest tool in the box<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    When ‘the average’ IQ is 100, do we now test everyone?<\/p>\n

    And should we sterilise everyone who has an IQ of less than 100?<\/p>\n

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    Another stupid breeder?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    And is the IQ test an appropriate tool to be used for determining a person’s level of common sense?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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